Appropriations advances supplemental bills across state agencies; health, schools and capital items highlighted

The House Appropriations Committee advanced Senate Bills 88 through 115 to the Committee of the Whole with favorable recommendations on a series of recorded votes. Most bills were routine technical or budgetary true‑ups tied to state agencies, but several included substantive funding changes highlighted during committee discussion.

Key items and committee action

- Senate Bill 93 (Department of Health Care Policy and Financing): The committee was told the bill contains a net increase of $324,200,000 in total funds to account for medical services premiums, behavioral health, office of community living, school health services, and other adjustments, including ARPA reallocations for home‑and‑community‑based services and funding tied to a Department of Justice settlement for ADA compliance. The bill passed on a vote of 8‑3.

- Senate Bill 113 (K‑12 funding adjustments): The bill provides a $64.1 million supplemental for the school finance formula driven by census changes (about $38.5 million) and reduced local property tax revenue offsets (about $25.6 million). The committee advanced the bill; the recorded vote was 10‑1.

- Senate Bill 111 (capital construction): The supplemental included multiple capital items, among them funding for Arapahoe Community College renovations, two phases of renovation at Trinidad State College's Freudenthal Library, and roughly $796,000 for Fort Lyon decentralized building heating to address an imminent heating system failure. The committee advanced the bill unanimously.

- Senate Bill 105 (Department of Public…